Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games

The beach soccer tournament at the Baku 2015 European Games was held from 24 to 28 June. It was the first edition of beach soccer at the European Games.

Beach soccer at the 2015 European Games
Tournament details
Host countryAzerbaijan
Dates24–28 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Beach Arena, Baku
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Portugal
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored152 (7.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nuno Belchior[1]
(8 goals)

Eight men’s teams, comprising 96 athletes, competed over five days of competition.

Medal summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[2]  Russia
Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Yury Gorchinskiy
Yuri Krasheninnikov
Ilya Leonov
Aleksey Makarov
Ivan Ostrovskii
Artur Paporotnyi
Anatoly Peremitin
Kirill Romanov
Egor Shaykov
Dmitry Shishin
Anton Shkarin		  Italy
Francesco Corosiniti
Alessio Frainetti
Gabriele Gori
Simone Marinai
Matteo Marrucci
Simone Del Mestre
Michele Di Palma
Paolo Palmacci
Giuseppe Platania
Dario Ramacciotti
Stefano Spada
Emmanuele Zurlo		  Portugal
Elinton Andrade
Tiago Batalha
Nuno Belchior
Alan Cavalcanti
Rui Coimbra
José Maria Fonseca
Bruno Novo
Tiago Petrony
Bernardo Santos
Jordan Santos
João Victor Saraiva
Bruno Torres

Qualification

Azerbaijan is qualified as host country. The remaining seven teams have qualified through the 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). The top three teams from each group in the Superfinal will qualify. The top team from the Promotional Final, excluding the 12th team from Division A, will also qualify.[3]

Means of qualification Date of competition Venue Berths Qualified
Host country  1 Azerbaijan
2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal17 August 2014 Torredembarra6 Russia
 Spain
 Portugal
  Switzerland
 Italy
 Ukraine
2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Promotional Final17 August 2014 Torredembarra1 Hungary
Total 8

Group round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 0 17 13 +4 8 Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 17 14 +3 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 11 11 0 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Azerbaijan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 9 16 −7 0
Source: Baku2015
(H) Host.
Portugal 6–5  Switzerland
  • Madjer  8'
  • Belchior  14', 26', 32'
  • Fonseca  22', 31'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Ukraine 3–1 Azerbaijan
  • Zborovskyi  9'
  • Korniichuk  17', 22'
 Report
  • Allahguliyev  14'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Portugal 5–4 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
  • Belchior  2', 32'
  • Coimbra  24'
  • J. Santos  25'
  • Bernardo Santos|B. Santos  38'
 Report
  • I. Borsuk  14'
  • Pachev  15', 22'
  • Korniichuk  20'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Amin Utulu (Malta)
Azerbaijan 4–7  Switzerland
 Report
  • M. Jaeggy  3', 9'
  • Hodel  8'
  • Spaccarotella  13'
  • Ott  20', 36'
  • Lutz  33'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Switzerland  5–4 Ukraine
 Report
  • I. Borsuk  1', 15'
  • Budzko  2'
  • Zborovskyi  12'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)
Azerbaijan 4–6 Portugal
  • A. Zeynalov  3', 8'
  • Allahguliyev  4'
  • Aliyev  33'
 Report
  • Torres  14'
  • Madjer  23', 28', 36'
  • Fonseca  29', 35'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 12 9 +3 6[lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Spain 3 1 0 1 1 9 8 +1 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Hungary 3 0 0 0 3 9 15 −6 0
Source: Baku2015
Notes:
  1. Russia 4–6 Italy
Spain 1–1 (a.e.t.) Italy
  • Gómez  34'
 Report
  • Zurlo  10'
Penalties
  • Gómez
  • Martin
  • Mayor
3–1
  • Ramacciotti
  • Corosiniti
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Hungary 3–5 Russia
  • Badalik  26'
  • Ughy  33'
  • Ábel  33'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
Spain 5–2 Hungary
  • Ardil  17'
  • Gómez  25'
  • Martin  26'
  • Cintas  29'
  • Mayor  34'
 Report
  • Ábel  12'
  • Simonyi  13'
Beach Arena, Baku
Russia 4–6 Italy
 Report
  • Zurlo  6'
  • Corosiniti  25'
  • Gori  29', 30'
  • Frainetti  30'
  • Palmacci  33'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
Italy 5–4 Hungary
  • Gori  1', 34'
  • Corosiniti  21'
  • Marrucci  22'
  • Zurlo  32'
 Report
  • Fekete  12', 18'
  • Sebestyén  17' (pen.), 29'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
Russia 5–3 Spain
 Report
  • Gómez  1', 19'
  • Mayor  8' (pen.)
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Classification matches

Bracket
 
5–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
 Ukraine4
 
28 June
 
 Hungary2
 
 Ukraine3
 
27 June
 
 Spain6
 
 Spain3
 
 
 Azerbaijan1
 
7th place match
 
 
28 June
 
 
 Hungary3
 
 
 Azerbaijan2

5–8th place semifinals
Ukraine 4–2 Hungary
  • Illichov  11', 27'
  • A. Borsuk  19', 35'
 Report
  • Ughy  1'
  • Berkes  10'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)
Spain 3–1 Azerbaijan
  • Gómez  16'
  • Mayor  25'
  • Ardil  29'
 Report
  • Allahguliyev  35'
Beach Arena, Baku

Seventh place match
Hungary 3–2 Azerbaijan
  • Fekete  4'
  • Simonyi  15', 23'
 Report
  • Guliyev  17' (pen.)
  • Allahguliyev  36'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)

Fifth place match
Ukraine 3–6 Spain
  • I. Borsuk  20'
  • Korniichuk  22'
  • A. Borsuk  27'
 Report
  • Pajón  4'
  • Carrera  12'
  • Gómez  14'
  • Ardil  22'
  • Alvarado  24'
  • Mayor  26'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Mikhail Prokharau (Belarus)

Knockout round

Bracket
 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
 Italy7
 
28 June
 
  Switzerland4
 
 Italy2
 
27 June
 
 Russia3
 
 Portugal1
 
 
 Russia2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
28 June
 
 
  Switzerland5
 
 
 Portugal6

Semifinals
Italy 7–4  Switzerland
  • Marinai  3', 21'
  • Ramacciotti  5'
  • M. Jaeggy  16' (o.g.)
  • Gori  21', 32'
  • Zurlo  23'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)
Portugal 1–2 Russia
  • Fonseca  18'
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Amin Utulu (Malta)

Bronze medal match
Switzerland  5–6 Portugal
  • Borer  14', 28' (pen.)
  • Spaccarotella  22'
  • M. Jaeggy  28'
  • Ott  29'
 Report
  • Belchior  8', 32', 32'
  • Torres  14'
  • J. Santos  21'
  • Alan  22'
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

Gold medal match
Italy 2–3 Russia
  • Gori  26'
  • Frainetti  30' (p)
 Report
Beach Arena, Baku
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

References
  1. "Beach Soccer – Men – Individual Statistics – Goalscorers" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. "Beach Soccer – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Baku 2015. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. Qualification summary
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